Huge setback

I received an e-mail from FSU this morning advising me that Dr. Anderson has reviewed my resume and determined that my work experience is insufficient to waive the GMAT/GRE requirement for admission into the program. This flies in the face of everything I had been advised to date, as FSU had previously indicated that they expected my resume, along with my 3.78 GPA, to be fully adequate (and why Dr. Anderson, who my family knows personally, reviewed my documents instead of program coordinator Dr. Ross, who was said to be the one reviewing them, is a mystery; I was advised that Dr. Ross would surely approve my resume). It's a huge shock, and it's also a huge slap in the face to my work. And what does it mean? Well, I have until the end of the fall semester (I can still take the classes I signed up for) to submit a passing GMAT or GRE. This will be no small task as I am fully confident in my abilities to do well in high level management classes, but not confident at all in my abilities to competently perform basic algebra and geometry. I have failed or done poorly on every standardized test I have ever taken. Plus, the test costs $250 (this is for the GMAT, which is the only one I've looked into so far) and would require me to take time off work. Not feeling great right now.